No one but the Europeans or the Chinese care about leaving the status quo alone in Sudan - as it has for nearly a decade, and while no rational human being wants to leave the murderous regime in place in Sudan .... there are more serious implications for the below story than simply Sudan.
We all understand the implications in Sudan - kick out the aid groups - people die. I mentioned that a couple days ago. But what if the UN goes in to a country like ... Britain, after a cataclysmic event, and before everyone is housed or fed, Britain asks the UN to leave. Would that be a war crime?
What if in the case of a terrible hurricane in the US - destroys a city, somehow some foolish leader asks the UN aid agencies to come in and help - what if that foolish and moronic leader suddenly decided (or through someone speaking to him or her) that the UN should leave. Would that be a war crime?
And if so, has the UN not just expanded its power and jurisdiction!
UN to see if Sudan's aid group ban is war crime
Mar 6, 2009
By FRANK JORDANS, AP
GENEVA - The U.N. human rights office will examine whether Sudan's decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights and possibly a war crime, a spokesman said Friday.
Rupert Colville said the Sudanese decision to expel relief workers from 13 of the largest aid groups constitutes a "grievous dereliction" of duty, putting the lives of thousands at risk.
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